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Numbers 2:21

“And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

צָבָאtsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
H6635 · Hebrew

Definition: a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Derivation: or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from H6633 (צָבָא);
KJV renderings: appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
צְבָא֖ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 487 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:1 Genesis 21:22 Genesis 21:32 Genesis 26:26 Exodus 6:26

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צָבָא here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.